Friday, April 10, 2015

Call for submissions: 2016 ASSA Annual Meeting

President-Elect Jill McCluskey is soliciting proposals and
suggestions for AAEA invited paper sessions at the 2016 Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting in
San Francisco, CA, January, 3-5, 2016. Preference will be given to those proposals
that add to knowledge on public issues of national and international importance
or expand capabilities and tools for economic research.

The objective of AAEA sessions at the ASSA Annual Meeting is
to share new knowledge with members of other economics associations as well as
with AAEA members. Sessions may be jointly sponsored with other ASSA member
associations. AAEA encourages sessions that will draw widely from ASSA
attendees. Therefore, preference will be given to proposals that jointly serve
the interests of the AAEA and other economists more broadly.

Papers in these Invited Paper sessions will be considered
for publication in the American Journal
of Agricultural Economics in August 2016. Preference will be given to
proposals that reflect a commitment to furnish a high-quality collection of
papers suitable for publication.Papers
will go through a review process, and it is not guaranteed that all papers in
an accepted session will be published. Papers submitted for review should be in
their publish-ready state because there will not be time for multiple versions
and reviews. Discussant comments will not be published. Authors will be
contacted by the AJAE editors
regarding style and length of manuscripts to be submitted to the editors for
publication consideration.

Proposed session formats with three papers and one
discussant or four papers without a discussant are permitted. Proposals for
sessions without a discussant must include a clear plan for ensuring and
fostering participant interaction. Please note that sessions at ASSA are two
hours in length.

Proposals will be reviewed and selected by a subcommittee of
the AAEA Board.

Proposals should be submitted to Kristen
Wright at kwright@aaea.org.
They should include the proposed session title and paper titles, as well as the
names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of the session organizer,
moderator, paper presenters, and discussants. A brief (approximately two pages)
justification of the session, and one paragraph abstract describing the
objective of, and new knowledge generated by, each paper, should also be
included. It is the responsibility of the organizer to ensure that all
individuals identified in the proposal are willing to participate.

All
presenters/speakers/discussants must be members of AAEA. A membership
waiver request can be included in the proposal in the case of extenuating
circumstances. In addition, participants need to register for the ASSA
meeting. AAEA cannot grant registration waivers for the meeting.

Please send proposals by May 1, 2015, in Word or PDF format
to Kristen Wright at kwright@aaea.org.